Before announcing the Las Vegas Raiders' No. 19 pick in the 2020 NFL Draft, commissioner Roger Goodell announced the 2022 draft will be held in Las Vegas.
The Raiders responded in a statement from owner Mark Davis:
This year's draft was originally scheduled to take place in Las Vegas, but instead was held virtually due to the coronavirus pandemic. Original plans for this year's draft were fittingly over-the-top: the stage was to be set up in the famous Bellagio fountains, with draftees getting ferried to the stage by boat.
"We couldn't think of anything that was more Vegas than to deliver our prospects and their families to the red carpet by boat," NFL vice president of live events John Barker said at the time.